Get A Grip On Your Virtual World: Advanced Virtualization Management Dan Stolts “ITProGuru” Chief Technology Strategist Microsoft Corporation Blog: Level: 300

2 Get A Grip On Your Virtual World: Advanced Virtualization Management You have heard about System Center Virtual Manager (SCVMM) and its incredible view of the entire virtualized world. You have seen the basics but now you want more in depth coverage. In this session, learn about and understand how the advanced management capabilities of SCVMM 2008 R2 effectively and efficiently manage your virtual infrastructures. We will cover Automated VM deployment, Physical to Virtual conversion, PRO TIPS and integration with Microsoft Operations Manager, and so much more!

Agenda Best Practices at Leveraging Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 for Hyper-V Management Tips and Tricks at Configuring Operations Manager 2007 for Better Hyper-V/OpsMgr Integration Automating OpsMgr Integration of Hyper-V with Opalis Accelerating Guest Session Creation using ConfigMgr 2007 R2

Basics of VMM2008 R2 Heterogeneous Virtualization Management Physical to Virtual Conversion (P2V) Virtual to Virtual Conversion (V2V) Virtual Server to Hyper-V VMware to Hyper-V Virtual Machine Library PowerShell Scripting Delegated Administration Virtual Machine Authoring VM Templates/Cloning Failover Cluster Integration

Conversions: P2V and V2V Intuitive and easy to use tools provide: Core feature of VMM, no additional infrastructure or costs per conversion Wizard based experience Reconfigure storage, memory, CPU, etc. Preserves network settings and MAC addresses Automatable through PowerShell and Opalis Supported platforms: Live - Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 Offline - Windows 2000 Server

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Live Migration in Hyper-V R2 (in the box functionality) 1. Create VM on target server 2. Copy memory pages from the source to the target via Ethernet 3. Final state transfer a.Pause virtual machine b.Move storage connectivity from source host to target host via Ethernet 4. Run new VM on target; Delete VM on source Host 1 Host 2 Orange = Storage Yellow = Networking Shared Storage

Storage Migrations in VMM 2008 R2 VMM supports −Quick Storage Migration (VMM 2008 R2 feature) −VMware Storage VMotion (VMware feature) Useful when −Consolidating existing VMs in a Clustered Shared Storage (CSV) −Upgrading your SAN −Migrating from old to new SAN −Low disk space −Site to site migration

Source Disk Destination Disk Quick Storage Migration behind the scene 1. Create Checkpoint – Now R/W to Diff Disk 2. Copy VHD to Disk 2 3. Pause VM and Transfer Diff Disk to Disk 2 4. Apply Diff Disk 5. Start VM, Clean up Original

Support for CSV FailoverCluster ClusteredStorage VMM 2008 R2 VHD LUN 1 Vol. 1 VHD LUN 2 Vol. 2 Multiple VMs Sharing a LUN CSV provides a single consistent file name space Files have the same name and path when viewed from any node in the cluster CSV volumes are exposed as directories and subdirectories under the “ClusterStorage” root directory C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\ C:\ClusterStorage\Volume2\ C:\ClusterStorage\Volume3\

CSV brings Cluster Fault Tolerances SAN VHDVHD SAN Connectivity Failure I/O Redirected via network Volume mounted on Node 1 VM running on Node 2 is unaffected Node Failure Brief queuing of I/O while volume ownership is changed Volume relocates to a healthy node VM running on Node 2 is unaffected Routed to Redundant Network Network Path Connectivity Failure

Best Practices on Migrations (for HA, DR, and Management) Migration TypeWhenService Outage Live MigrationVM is HA and both source and target nodes are on Windows Server 2008 R2 Failover Cluster None Quick MigrationVM is HA and Live Migration is not possible<1min SANMeets SAN migration requirements and it can’t be migrated Live or Quick <2mins Quick Storage Migration (VM storage is changed) When none of the above is possible and hosts are Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 <2mins LAN (VM storage is changed) When none of the above is possible<1hour VMM chooses the best VM migration type for each host

Using System Center Operations Manager to Monitor the Health of Hyper-V Host Servers and Guest Sessions Monitor Host Servers −Live Migrate before host fails −Perform maintenance realtime −Retune and optimize configuration Monitor Guest Sessions −Perform guest OS management −Manage guest apps automatically Confirm system settings are allowing systems to be running at their optimal performance

Performance and Resource Optimization

Improving Automation with Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Hardware PRO Tips Networking PRO Tips Server Health/Performance Monitoring / Dynamically Configure Add’l Hyper-V Workloads

Using Config Mgr to Efficiently Provision Hyper-V Guest Sessions New / Clean Guest Session, or Replacement of Existing System (data needs to be migrated) User & Data Layer Core Applications installed User/Role/Location specific Apps, physical, virtual or Terminal services Application Layer Operating System Image imported, captured, built from script OS Layer Configuration, Drivers and OEM Tools Hardware Layer

Capturing the Operating System as an Image Building from the ground up is not always the most desired approach Many organizations choose to define and deploy servers based on a pre- defined image System Center can be leveraged for the creation of Windows Server images Capture server image from a reference computer Build and capture an operating system image Physical-to-Virtual transition of a reference computer Cloning of an existing virtual machine

Customized / Specialized Operating System Deployment System Center Configuration Mgr has the flexibility to customize the OS deployment process Rather than a generic “template”, actually get a customized guest session WITH apps installed Highly automated solution for assessing, migrating and deploying Windows server, Apps, and Data Dynamic deployment of drivers at runtime Utilize Windows PnP detection for bare metal deployments

The Task Sequencer in ConfigMgr for Customization Core OS deployment mechanism Sequence of steps to execute −Steps prior to deploying new OS −Steps in Windows PE to deploy new OS −Steps after the new OS is deployed Completely hands-off for full automation of the process Two kinds of actions −Built-in actions provided within product −Custom actions command line driven, Vbscript, batch file, etc. Task Sequence can do other actions: −Capture images −Deploy Application chains −Administer complex activities −More (virtually unlimited)

Server Deployment Packs Adds additional custom Task Sequence Steps into the ConfigMgr Task Sequence process to handle BIOS, RAID, etc. Based on common framework. −Dell ( −HP ( −IBM ( −Sun (

Delegation & Self Service Portal Administrators Full access to all actions Full access to all objects Can use the Admin console or PowerShell interface Delegated Administrators Full access to most actions Scope can be limited by host groups and Library servers Can use the Admin console or PowerShell interface Self-Service Users Limited access to a subset of actions Scope can be limited by host groups, library shares and VM ownership Limited by utilization quotas and template costs Can use the Self-Service Portal or PowerShell interface

Maintenance Mode usage scenarios Shared Storage Host is now offline for servicing Enable Maintenance Mode

Speedup VM provisioning using Templates Consist of Hardware and Guest OS Profile Consistent hardware and guest OS configuration across all VMs Reduce Provisioning time Enables provisioning using Self Service Portal

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